Imperio de cristal

Imperio de cristal
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	Alejandro Camacho Rebecca Jones
Written by	Jaime García Estrada Orlando Merino Marissa Garrido
Directed by	Claudio Reyes Rubio Juan Carlos Muñoz
Starring	Rebecca Jones Ari Telch María Rubio Ignacio López Tarso Alejandro Camacho Kate del Castillo Antonio De Carlo
Theme music composer	Bebu Silvetti
Opening theme	Imperio de cristal
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	124 (Original version) 62 (International version)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carlos Sotomayor
Producer(s)	Rafael Urióstegui
Location(s)	Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Cinematography	Carlos Guerra Villareal
Running time	21-22 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) PAL-B (Analog VHF)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1 Datasat Digital 5.1 Sony Digital 5.1
Original release	August 29, 1994 – February 17, 1995
Chronology
Preceded by	Marimar
Followed by	Si Dios me quita la vida
Related shows	Empire (1995) Quiero amarte (2013)

Imperio de cristal (English title: Crystal Empire) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1994.^[1] ^[2]

Rebecca Jones and Ari Telch starred as protagonists, while María Rubio and Alejandro Camacho starred as antagonists. Kate del Castillo, Germán Gutiérrez, Cecilia Gabriela, Ignacio López Tarso and Emilia Carranza starred as stellar performances.

Plot

Sofía Vidal has been having nightmares all her childhood with her mother's death. Now as an adult, the dreams are with Katia, her daughter. One day she assists with her husband Uriel and Katia to a party at the Lombardos' mansion.

Cesar, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love. Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child. Cesar, without Sofia knowing it, decides to protect her because of Elena's memory, which he cherishes still.

Cesar is married in second nuptials to Livia Arizmedi, a former actress who dreams on recovering her career. Sofia's appearance seriously worries Livia, considering her an intruder who could displace her, just as Elena would have done in the past.

Livia, who hides a terrible secret that involves Sophia, plots against her, trying to separate her from the family. For this, she convinces a friend of her, Renata, to seduce Uriel and cheat on Sofia. Julio Lombardo is the third of Cesar's children and the black sheep of the family. After studying in Italy he returns to Mexico in order to marry his childhood sweetheart, Elisa.

Augusto, Cesar's second children, is obsessed by Sofia and is determined to taking her at any price, knowing besides that it's the way for his father to name as his successor in the enterprises Augusto does everything to end Sofia's marriage, until finally Uriel decides to abandon her and little Katia.

Sofia and Julio meet and great passion arises between them, to the extent that Julio is determined to face anything, including ending his relationship with Elisa. To make that Julio will come back with her, Elisa convinces her father, Bernal to fire Sofia since he's her boss at the Prisma company unless she brakes up with Julio.

Sofia accepts but Cesar helps her by finding her a job at the Lombardo company. Cesar's youngest children are twins: Narda and Claudio who're despised by their parents, the first because she's capricious and stubborn and the second because he has been in an insane asylum for years (because the sadistic Augusto has been abusing him, at the back of his family) creating him an infantile psychosis and making him paranoid and traumatized.

While Elisa stops chasing Julio because she has fallen in love with Julio's best friend, German. But Bernal disapproves of this relationship. Octavio, Cesar's oldest son and next in line to inherit the family headship, has an illness that makes him become very sick every time he has a pressure.

Due to this, Augusto breaks the machines that Octavio had bought for the company, making Octavio fells ill again. Then he sends Esther and Marco Aurelio (Octavio's wife and son) to the movies and puts an overdose of his pills in his figs with the help of Livia.

Octavio dies and Claudio sees what happened but he's unable to say anything to the family because of Augusto's abuse. To be sure that Claudio won't say anything about Octavio's death, he sets his dog on him who bites him severely. When the family returns from Octavio's wake ceremony they're surprised to see an injured Claudio muttering to himself "Don't touch me. If you do I'll break... I'll break like glass".

Since them he avoids contact with others but his family ignores him because they think he's mentally unstable again. Only Julio believes him. After Octavio's death, Narda begins working at the Lombardos' company but Augusto has Bruno, a poor-class guy, seduce her and make her pregnant. Bruno fells in love with Narda in the process but he's kicked out after it was revealed that he was hired by Augusto.

It's shown that Livia's mother has lived in an asylum for years without her grandchildren to know about this, until Julio finds it out. Augusto hires Uriel, who's now Sofia's ex-husband to help him with his evil plans. For this, he kidnaps Katia (who happily agrees as she can see her father again) but Julio rescues her.

Then, in Katia's birthday, Uriel decides to betray Augusto so he will have the money for him. Augusto kills Uriel with a car, as he was going to Katia's party. Claudio finds the gift that Uriel had been planning on giving to Katia, which is a teddy bear and a note that reveals that Augusto killed Octavio.

This makes Claudio more reclusive and paranoid due to his fear of Augusto. When Cesar and his family are in a yacht, Augusto poisons and throws Cesar to the sea. Sofia and Julio go to the asylum in which Antonia, Livia's mother, remains. They try to make her reveal if Livia killed Elena but the old woman says that she will only talk to Elena (even she knew that she was dead).

Sofia dresses up as Elena and Antonia reveals that years ago, when Sofia was a young girl, Livia talked to Elena to cut her relationship with Cesar. When she refuses, Livia changes the parts of the car making that the car crashed and Elena died, while Sofia survived.

Sofia takes the conclusion that Antonia is in the asylum because Livia locked her there so she won't say what happened that day (as she saw what Livia was doing to the car). Julio and Esther ask Claudio if he knows what happened. The young man reveals that Augusto crashed the machines Octavio bought for the company so he would fall ill and when Claudio revealed the plot to Octavio, Augusto poisoned the figs and " made his heart break.".

While saying this Clauido breaks down again. Livia causes a heart attack that results in Bernal´s death after she reveals that she's the new owner of Prisma, Bernal's company. Before his death he approves German and Elisa relationship. That night, Claudio, Katia and Marco make a puppet show named "The Rat Trap" that reveals with indirects to the family. All the crimes Augusto committed (included Octavio's murder).

Cesar survived the fall from the ocean and tries to send Augusto to prison but he escapes. Then he shoots Julio and Sofia resulting with an injured Julio. Narda gives birth to twins, like she and Claudio are. She forgives Bruno for what he did and ends up with him. Julio is in the hospital and Claudio takes care of him. Juanita calls Claudio and prevents him from Augusto, who is coming to kill Julio. Claudio hides Julio in a closet and Augusto plan fails.

Julio and Claudio decide to go for Sofia who is in the theater. Livia, who is preparing herself to return as an actress, reveals to Sofia that she killed Elena and everyone hears this on the stereophones of the theater. Cesar with the help of Bruno had made a trap so Livia will confess. It's revealed to Augusto that Cesar is not his father but Phillippe, Livia's lover and a French actor. He gives money to Phillipe in order to never see him again and despises his mother.

Andrea meets an ex-boyfriend who saved Cesar from drowning at the sea. He tries to start a relationship with her again but she refuses, since her family is the most important thing to her by now. Cesar apologizes to Claudio and reveals that he always knew the abuse he was going through but never did anything (as Cesar was more interested in Elena by that time).

Claudio accepts and says that he does not hate his family for what they did except Augusto, but he's disappointed because he could not help Julio much and he's weak. Cesar denies this. Livia is left alone and tries to cut her wrists wearing the costume she was supposed to wear at her return as an actress. No one tries to help her but Claudio.

Seeing that her youngest son still loves her after all the abuse and neglect, Livia apologizes to Claudio and says that he's the kindest and the best of the family. Cesar knows by a letter that Augusto is not his son. Augusto tries to kill a pregnant Sofia but Julio pushes him to a glass door that crashes resulting in his immediate death.

There's a Baptism party for Julio Cesar, Julio and Sofia's baby son. Juanita tells Claudio that he had won a contest of crystal design and his castles. Narda reveals that she sent Claudio's designs to the contest. Claudio takes Julio's former job at the Lombardos' company: glass designer.

Cesar names Julio as the Lombardos' successor and family headship. Livia goes to her own asylum in which she is attended by Flora. Sofia has another nightmare in which Augusto kills her and her baby with a sword. She wakes up and finds herself with Julio, their son and her daughter. Sofia tells them that her nightmares are gone and her dreams had just started. Finally the Lombardo family can live happily.

Character

Sofía Vidal (Protagonist) Daughter of Elena. As a young girl, her mother died in a car accident and she has frequent nightmares after this (sometimes is her daughter, Katia, that appears). In a party she mets the Lombardo family and Cesar is surprised to see that she looks alike his sweetheart, Elena. After this she begins to work in the Lombardo company and fells in love with Julio but she is forced to marry Augusto.
Julio Lombardo (Protagonist) Third children of the Lombardo family and the black sheep of the family. He returns to Mexico after studying for years in Italy to marry his girlfriend Elisa. But he fells in love with Sofia and lefts Elisa. Unlike Augusto, Julio is not interested in his father's inheritance thus making him fight with his father several times. The problems at the house makes him to care more for his family and take his revenge on Augusto.
Augusto Lombardo (Villain) Second children of the Lombardo family and Livia's favorite. He's very smart but also sinister and greedy. He is abusive towards Claudio to the point that the younger was sent to an insane asylum. He decides to use Sofia for his plans by making him marry her in order to receive his father's inheritance. In the end he's revealed that his father isn't Cesar, but Phillipe, a French actor and Livia's affair. He is later killed by Julio.
Livia Arizmendi (Villain) Cesar's second wife and a retired actress. She dislikes Sofia because she believes that her presence and the fact she looks a lot like Elena (who Cesar truly loved) is bad for the Lombardo family. She helps Augusto with his plans because she believes that he will help her to become the star actress she once was.
Narda Lombardo - Fourth child of the Lombardo family and Claudio's older twin. She's a rebel and a spoiled princess but this is just to get attention from her parents. She's mean to Claudio, but she truly loves him. When she begins working at the family company, Augusto tries to make her quit and convinces Bruno to seduce her. In the end she gets pregnant with twins.
César Lombardo - The head of the Lombardo family.
Claudio Lombardo - Fifth child of the Lombardo family and Narda's twin. As a child he was abused mentally and physically by Augusto to the point that (after a severe beaten by Augusto's side that caused Claudio to break down) he was sent to an insane asylum in which he spent his childhood and his first teenage years, because everyone thought that he was mentally unstable (except Octavio who knew everything that happened to him but never said a word). He is released but has become traumatized and paranoid to the point of stutter and wear baggy clothes. He is still very afraid of Augusto (who still abuses him) and still loves his parents and his siblings (except Augusto) even they think he's mentally unstable. He's also childish and creative and loves to make castles.
Octavio Lombardo - First child of the Lombardo family. The only son of Cesar and his first wife. He is the next in line to inherit the family headship but he is ill most of the time. To kill him so he could inherit the family headship, Augusto (with the help of Livia) poisons the figs he was eating and dies. Before dying, he convinces Claudio (who saw the murder) to act like he's really mentally unstable so Augusto would not suspect of him. He's revealed to be the only one that knew about Augusto's abuse towards Claudio but never said a word even when Claudio was unjustly locked away.

Cast

Actors	Character	Description
Rebecca Jones	Sofía Vidal Terán de González/de Lombardo/ Paulina Terán de Vidal	Elena's daughter, Katia's and Julio Cesar's mother, in love with Julio/Elena Vidal, Sofia's mother, Cesar's lover, Murdered by Livia
Ari Telch	Julio Lombardo Arizmendi	Cesar's and Livia's son, Narda's and Claudio's brother, Octavio's and Augusto's half-brother, Julio Cesar's father, Katia's step-father, in love with Sofia
María Rubio	Doña Livia Arizmendi de Lombardo	Villain, Cesar's second wife, Augusto's, Julio's, Narda's and Claudio's mother, Octavio's step-mother, Julio Cesar's grandmother, retired actress. Ends up in an asylum
Ignacio López Tarso	Don César Lombardo Santander	Owner of the Lombardo Company and family headship, Octavio's Augusto's, Julio's, Narda's and Claudio's father, Andrea's brother, Livia's husband, Marco Aurelio's and Julio Cesar's grandfather
Alejandro Camacho	Augusto Lombardo Arizmendi	Villain, Philippe's and Livia's son, Cesar's stepson, Julio's, Narda's and Claudio's half-brother, Octavio's step-brother. Killed by Julio
Kate del Castillo	Narda Lombado Arizmendi	Cesar's and Livia's daughter, Julio's sister, Claudio's twin, Octavio's and Augusto's half-sisterm, In love with Bruno Previdi
Antonio De Carlo	Bruno Previdi	Hired by Augusto to ruin Narda, Later he fell in love with Narda, Married to Narda Lombardo
Emilia Carranza	Andrea Lombardo Santander	Cesar's older sister, Octavio's, Augusto's, Julio's, Narda's and Claudio's aunt, she despises Livia
Constantino Costas	Uriel González	Villain, Katia's father, Sofia's husband who left her for another woman, He also becomes a pawn for Augusto's evil plans but abandons him later, Murdered by Augusto
Cecilia Gabriela	Esther Pedret de Lombardo	Octavio's wife and Marco Aurelio's mother, She also despises Livia
Fidel Garriga	Rogelio Herrera	Villain, Lombardo's housekeeper, He has an obsessive yet unrequited love for Narda, Killed by Augusto
Germán Gutiérrez	Claudio Lombardo Arizmendi	Cesar's and Livia's son, Julio's brother, Narda's twin, Octavio's and Augusto's half-brother, victim of Augusto
Ivette Proal	Elisa Estrada Ferreiras	Julio's first girlfriend and Bernal's daughter, Left by Julio, Later in love with German Samaniego
Alejandro Tommasi	Octavio Lombardo Montiel	Cesar's son, Livia's step-son Julio's, Narda's and Claudio's half-brother, Augusto's step-brother, Murdered by Augusto
Aarón Hernán	Bernal Estrada	Owner of the Prisma Company, Elisa's father, Killed by Livia
Adriana Barraza	Flora
Graciela Bernardos	Nora de López Monroy
Óscar Bonfiglio	Germán Samaniego	Julio's best friend, In love with Elisa Estrada
Alicia Montoya	Antonia Moncada Vda. de Arizmendi	Livia's mother
Roberto D’ Amico	Virgilio Robles	A famous Mexican Director
Malena Doria	Trinidad	Villain, Livia's maid
Cuca Dublán	Amparito Romero
Alan Fernando	Marco Aurelio Lombardo	Octavio's and Esther's son, Cesar's grandson, in love with Katia
Fabiola Campomanes	Juanita	Lobardo family's maid
Zoraida Gómez	Katia González Vidal	Sofia and Uriel's daughter, Julio's step-daughter, Julio Cesar's half-sister, in love with Marco Aurelio
Dacia González	Renata Ocampo	Villain, Livia's friend, Uriel's lover
Alejandro Ruiz	Marcelo Ocampo	Narda ex-boyfriend and Renata's son
Lucero Lander	Diana Almeida
Aida Naredo	Lulú Morán
Héctor Sáez	Father Ángel
Amara Villafuerte	Mayra Salgado
Juan Ignacio Aranda	Flavio Fernández
Araceli Aguilar	Maru
Estela Barona	Rosi
Lola Belda	Jazmín
Germán Blando	Matías
Ernesto Bretón	Benito Morales
Julio Monterde	Zacarías Terán
Marina Marín	Herminia de Terán
Luis Cárdenas	Dr. Armando Méndez
Claudio Brook	Phillipe Deevon
Bruno Rey	Arturo Almanza
Arturo Paulet	Gómez
Roxana Saucedo	Ana Luisa Sánchez Coria
Raúl Valerio	Carmelo
Nora Veryán	Chole
Elia Domenzain	Chela
Jeanette Candiani	Mary
Luis Couturier	Armando

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1995	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela of the Year	Carlos Sotomayor	Won
		Best Actress	Rebecca Jones	Won
		Best Actor	Ari Telch	Nominated
		Best Antagonist Actress	María Rubio	Won
		Best Antagonist Actor	Alejandro Camacho
		Best Leading Actor	Ignacio López Tarso
		Best Young lead Actress	Kate del Castillo
		Best Young Lead Actor	Germán Gutiérrez
		Best Child Actress	Zoraida Gómez	Nominated
		Best Child Actor	Alan Fernando
	Premios El Heraldo de México	Best Telenovela	Carlos Sotomayor
	Premios El Heraldo de México	Best Actress	Rebecca Jones	Won

References

↑ "Imperio de cristal" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
↑ "Imperio de cristal Página de Univisión" (in Spanish). univision.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

External links

Imperio de cristal at the Internet Movie Database

Televisa's telenovelas 1990s

1990	Alcanzar una estrella Amor de nadie Ángeles blancos Cenizas y diamantes Destino Días sin luna En carne propia La fuerza del amor Mi pequeña Soledad Un rostro en mi pasado Yo compro esa mujer

1991	Alcanzar una estrella II Al filo de la muerte Atrapada Cadenas de amargura La Pícara Soñadora Madres Egoístas Milagro y magia Muchachitas Valeria y Maximiliano Vida robada Yo no creo en los hombres

1992	Ángeles sin paraíso Baila conmigo Carrusel de las Américas De frente al sol El abuelo y yo La sonrisa del Diablo Las secretas intenciones Mágica juventud María Mercedes Triángulo

1993	Buscando el paraíso Capricho Clarisa Corazón salvaje Dos mujeres, un camino Entre la vida y la muerte La última esperanza Los Parientes Pobres Sueño de amor Tenías que ser tú Valentina Más allá del puente

1994	Agujetas de color de rosa Caminos cruzados El vuelo del águila Imperio de cristal Marimar Prisionera de amor Volver a Empezar

1995	Acapulco, cuerpo y alma Alondra Bajo un mismo rostro La Dueña Morelia Pobre Niña Rica Retrato de familia María la del Barrio Si Dios me quita la vida El premio mayor La Paloma María José

1996	Marisol Luz Clarita Lazos de amor Mi querida Isabel Sentimientos ajenos Cañaveral de Pasiones La antorcha encendida Azul Morir dos veces Confidente de secundaria Para toda la vida Canción de amor La sombra del otro Bendita mentira La culpa Tú y yo Te sigo amando

1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas Pueblo chico, infierno grande Los hijos de nadie No tengo madre La jaula de oro Gente bien Esmeralda El alma no tiene color María Isabel Salud, dinero y amor Amada enemiga Huracán Desencuentro El secreto de Alejandra Sin ti Mi pequeña traviesa

1998	Soñadoras Gotita de amor Vivo Por Elena El privilegio de amar Preciosa Rencor apasionado La mentira Ángela Una luz en el camino La usurpadora Camila El diario de Daniela

1999	Laberintos de pasión Mujeres engañadas Infierno en el paraíso El niño que vino del mar Tres mujeres Rosalinda Alma rebelde DKDA: Sueños de juventud Por tu amor Amor gitano Serafín Nunca te olvidaré Cuento de Navidad

1958–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–present

TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela

1983–1999	El derecho de nacer (1983) Bodas de odio (1984) La traición (1985) De pura sangre (1986) Cuna de lobos (1987) Quinceañera (1988) Amor en silencio (1989) Mi segunda madre (1990) Alcanzar una estrella (1991) Cadenas de amargura (1992) De frente al sol (1993) Corazón salvaje (1994) Imperio de cristal (1995) Lazos de Amor (1996) Cañaveral de pasiones (1997) Esmeralda (1998) El privilegio de amar (1999)

2000-present	Laberintos de pasión (2000) Abrázame muy fuerte (2001) El manantial (2002) La otra (2003) Amor real (2004) Rubí (2005) Alborada (2006) La fea más bella (2007) Destilando amor (2008) Fuego en la sangre (2009) Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2010) Para volver a amar (2011) La fuerza del destino (2012) Por ella soy Eva (2013) Amores verdaderos (2014) Mi corazón es tuyo (2015) Pasión y poder (2016)

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